Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) Market Report

Siler City, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, November 6, 2020

866 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $137.01/cwt +6.93 vs last sale · ≈ $578/hd at 422 lb · 27 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $146.82/cwt +22.27 vs last sale · ≈ $552/hd at 376 lb · 23 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $104.59/cwt +3.94 vs last sale · ≈ $650/hd at 621 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	866	822	1,288
Feeder cattle	626	603	986
Slaughter cattle	157	85	158
Replacement cattle	1	—	1

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were up 3.00 to 5.00 . Feeder cattle steady to up 2.00 to 4.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average . Baby calves 10.00 to 45.00 15 head

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	133.00	$133.00	$239	—
250–295	278	12	121.00–156.00	$142.36	$396	-3.12
300–345	328	16	120.00–157.00	$139.15	$456	+9.19
350–395	376	23	121.00–161.00	$146.82	$552	+22.27
400–445	422	27	120.00–158.00	$137.01	$578	+6.93
455–495	478	6	125.00–138.00	$133.65	$639	+3.65
510–540	525	15	114.00–137.00	$132.08	$693	+12.60
555–584	579	8	124.00–138.00	$135.70	$786	+10.34
600–625	611	7	100.00–128.00	$117.99	$721	-0.07
655–690	673	4	106.00–120.00	$114.55	$771	+2.10
705–745	727	3	106.00–118.00	$111.39	$810	+4.03
760–790	775	2	116.00–118.00	$116.98	$907	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	116.00	$116.00	$400	+1.13
355–375	365	2	110.00–111.00	$110.51	$403	-4.49
405–435	422	3	118.00–119.00	$118.68	$501	+3.66
450–485	472	3	111.00–118.00	$114.60	$541	—
500	500	1	115.00	$115.00	$575	—
565	565	1	110.00	$110.00	$622	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	110.00	$110.00	$242	+5.59
250–295	277	3	108.00–114.00	$111.85	$310	+11.85
325–335	330	2	100.00–106.00	$102.95	$340	+2.45
395	395	1	108.00	$108.00	$427	+1.30
440	440	1	100.00	$100.00	$440	-3.02
460	460	1	106.00	$106.00	$488	+6.00
515	515	1	108.00	$108.00	$556	±0.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	126.00	$126.00	$403	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	125.00	$125.00	$319	-4.95
305–315	309	4	137.00–139.00	$138.25	$427	+10.26
350–395	371	14	124.00–135.00	$132.08	$490	+7.70
410–445	425	8	115.00–129.00	$123.03	$523	+3.29
450–495	478	11	115.00–120.00	$117.28	$561	-1.93
510–545	531	13	105.00–119.00	$114.58	$608	-0.04
550–590	571	6	110.00–112.00	$111.00	$634	-2.49
600–645	621	16	98.00–125.00	$104.59	$650	+3.94
652–695	669	11	86.00–109.00	$99.81	$668	-7.25
700–745	722	5	87.00–102.00	$94.89	$685	+1.39
755	755	2	86.00–94.00	$90.00	$680	+10.00
800–805	803	2	82.00–91.00	$86.51	$695	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	120.00	$120.00	$282	+6.00
285	285	1	114.00	$114.00	$325	-3.00
325–330	328	2	115.00–117.00	$116.01	$381	+7.90
353–395	370	14	106.00–118.00	$113.31	$419	-0.33
420–445	438	5	108.00–114.00	$110.76	$485	-2.24
450–495	481	13	110.00–118.00	$113.92	$548	+2.91
530–540	533	3	105.00–109.00	$107.34	$572	-1.09
550–580	565	6	106.00–109.00	$108.16	$611	-0.84
670–680	673	3	86.00–94.00	$89.98	$606	—
725	725	1	87.00	$87.00	$631	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235	223	2	100.00–108.00	$104.22	$232	-2.69
310	310	1	104.00	$104.00	$322	+0.92
390	390	1	104.00	$104.00	$406	+4.00
405–445	426	9	100.00–107.00	$104.02	$443	+3.16
450–495	476	7	97.00–105.00	$101.93	$485	+1.93
525–545	538	6	94.00–105.00	$101.83	$548	+1.25
550–595	574	12	97.00–105.00	$103.16	$592	+3.15
630	630	1	90.00	$90.00	$567	+16.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–485	480	2	92.00–97.00	$94.53	$454	—
550	550	1	101.00	$101.00	$556	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	119.00	$119.00	$583	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–480	471	12	120.00–132.00	$125.17	$590	+1.48
500–540	523	9	118.00–121.00	$119.67	$626	+2.67
550–595	575	13	110.00–137.00	$120.81	$695	+3.14
600–645	625	12	102.00–124.00	$113.35	$708	-3.21
650–695	674	13	99.00–119.00	$107.32	$723	+6.98
700–735	715	11	94.00–108.00	$99.51	$711	+2.86
760–790	773	6	92.00–108.00	$96.66	$747	+10.87
800–815	809	4	90.00–96.00	$93.01	$752	—
870–885	877	3	90.00–94.00	$92.67	$813	—
915–940	928	3	80.00–90.00	$86.38	$802	—
970	970	1	93.00	$93.00	$902	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	112.00	$112.00	$538	±0.00
505–545	524	11	110.00–115.00	$111.81	$586	+1.15
550–585	570	5	109.00–114.00	$111.40	$635	-1.28
630–640	635	2	93.00–94.00	$93.50	$594	+3.50
650–670	660	2	88.00–94.00	$90.95	$600	+0.95
740	740	1	82.00	$82.00	$607	—
765	765	1	89.00	$89.00	$681	—
855–890	873	2	80.00–86.00	$83.06	$725	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–485	468	4	100.00–106.00	$103.78	$486	+0.76
500–530	513	4	106.00–108.00	$107.00	$549	+4.35
550–595	573	4	102.00–108.00	$104.80	$601	+7.80
615–630	622	3	80.00–94.00	$89.27	$555	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1365	1075	80-85%	7	46.00–53.00	$50.02	$538	—
785–1525	1187	80-85%	34	54.00–62.00	$58.09	$690	-4.10
960–1585	1188	80-85%	24	62.00–75.00	$66.18	$786	+3.99

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1785	1535	75-80%	18	55.00–64.00	$59.88	$919	—
1400–1645	1560	75-80%	3	47.00–54.00	$51.55	$804	+1.55
1405–1835	1604	75-80%	11	64.00–68.00	$65.50	$1,051	+8.23

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–990	795	85-90%	2	30.00–40.00	$36.23	$288	—
805–920	859	85-90%	5	46.00–55.00	$49.46	$425	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1545	1257	5	113.00–126.00	$122.08	$1,535	—
1070–1585	1308	5	69.00–79.00	$74.53	$975	—
1100–2030	1584	17	78.00–97.00	$85.15	$1,349	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–115	111	4	130.00–170.00	$150.00	-12.50
115–125	120	2	200.00–250.00	$225.00	+29.00
150–185	168	2	270.00–360.00	$315.00	+49.29
250–280	265	2	280.00–435.00	$357.50	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120–145	136	8	150.00–240.00	$191.25	+29.58
150–165	155	5	180.00–220.00	$196.00	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	130.00	$130.00	+20.00
100	100	1	180.00	$180.00	-1.67

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30–35	33	4	50.00–75.00	$63.75	-11.25
40–45	43	4	65.00–95.00	$83.75	+8.75
50	50	1	140.00	$140.00	+43.33
60–65	61	7	100.00–135.00	$119.29	+10.12
70–75	73	5	115.00–145.00	$129.00	+21.00
80	80	2	155.00–185.00	$170.00	+5.00
80–85	83	2	140.00–145.00	$142.50	+21.25
90–95	92	5	120.00–180.00	$157.00	+15.33
100	100	1	140.00	$140.00	-55.00
100	100	3	165.00–225.00	$195.00	±0.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–135	117	5	190.00–230.00	$213.00	+37.13
150–165	153	5	190.00–255.00	$215.00	-5.00

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Shorn

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–110	105	2	235.00	$235.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	135.00	$135.00	-50.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.